Sarchí (canton)


Sarchí, formerly known as Valverde Vega, is the 12th canton in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of, and has a population of 20,466.
The capital city of the canton is Sarchí Norte.

Geography

The elongated canton lies between the Río Molino and Río Toro on the northwest and the Río Sarchí on the southeast. It reaches northward into a beautiful high valley of the Cordillera Central between the Poás and Platanar volcanoes.

Districts

The canton of Valverde Vega is subdivided into five districts :
  1. Sarchí Norte
  2. Sarchí Sur
  3. Toro Amarillo
  4. San Pedro
  5. Rodríguez

    History

The canton was established by decree Number 766 on October 26, 1949. It is named in honor of Dr. Carlos Luis Valverde Vega, a medic and founder of the Unión Médica Nacional after more than forty years of struggle. The members of the board that worked to create it were Samuel Alfaro Alpízar, Efraím Zamora Castro, Daube Alfaro Castro, Pedro Alfaro Zamora, Hebly Inkseter Soto, Otoniel Alfaro Alfaro, Elécer Pérez Conejo, who are known today as its founders. The canton was inaugurated on January 1, 1950.
On 7 August 2019, by law # 9658, the canton changed its name from Valverde Vega to Sarchí.